Gary Morris founded Bright Lights Film Journal as a print publication in 1974; it became a web-only magazine in 1996. He is the author of the monograph Roger Corman (Twayne Publishers, 1985) and the editor of Action! Interviews with Directors from Classical Hollywood to Contemporary Iran (Anthem Press, 2009). Actors & Personalities · Artists
With his lacerations, deformities, faux stump legs, and shaved head, Chaney was the original Modern Primitive. ReSearch Publications in SF specializes in cultural demi-mondes, everything from Burroughs and J. G.[…]
Unwilling body alterations give these “instant kiddie classics” disturbing undertones. There are two kinds of propaganda: the personal and self-aggrandizing, and the more insidious corporate/social. Personal propaganda is easily recognized[…]
Artists · Directors · Interviews
What does it mean to be a “madwoman” and an artist in American society? A review of Allie Light’s documentary on the subject, along with an interview (below), tries to[…]
